Whee Kim
Height: 6'0" (1.83 m)
Weight: 172 (78 kg)
Age: 28 (February 22, 1992)
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Residence: Dallas, Texas
Family:
Single
Education:
Yonsei University
Special Interests:
Music, movies, fitness
Turned Professional:
2010
City plays from:
Dallas, TX, United States
Exempt Status
Minor Medical Extension
Career Victories
International Victories (2):
Player Statistics
Career Low Round:
62 - 2018 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier (Round 1)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#8 : 2018 Shriners Hospitals for Children OpenCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#98 : 2018 RBC Canadian OpenCareer Largest Paycheck:
$598,400 : 2018 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (Finished 2)National Team Selections
Career Records
| PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 1) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Events | Rounds | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 | Top 25 | Cuts Made | Cuts Missed | WD | FedExCup Rank | Earnings | |
| Total: | 136 | 383 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 64 | 69 | 3 | $4,794,398 | |||
| 2020 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | $17,258 | ||||||||
| 2019 | 27 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 1 | $292,773 | |||||
| 2018 | 30 | 89 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 72 | $1,920,340 | ||||
| 2017 | 27 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 89 | $1,125,368 | |||
| 2016 | 27 | 78 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 127 | $682,662 | ||||
| 2015 | 23 | 69 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 141 | $755,998 | ||||
| (A) - Amateur | |||||||||||||
| Korn Ferry Tour (Playoff Record: 0 - 0) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Events | Rounds | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 | Top 25 | Cuts Made | Cuts Missed | WD | Priority Rank | Earnings | |
| Total: | 61 | 189 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 25 | 1 | $335,717 | |||
| 2020 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 4 | $14,743 | |||||||
| 2019 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 106 | $5,050 | |||||||
| 2016 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37 | $36,975 | ||||||
| 2015 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | $4,475 | ||||||||
| 2014 | 24 | 75 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 25 | $135,406 | ||||
| 2013 | 23 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 102 | $139,068 | ||
| (A) - Amateur | |||||||||||||
Top Tournaments |
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| PGA TOUR | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE PLAYERS Championship | Masters Tournament | PGA Championship | U.S. Open | The Open Championship | WGC-HSBC Champions | WGC-Mexico | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv | |
| 2018 | CUT | CUT | |||||||
| 2017 | T50 | ||||||||
| FedExCup Playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE NORTHERN TRUST | Dell Technologies Championship | BMW Championship | TOUR Championship | |
| 2018 | T48 | 75 | ||
| 2017 | T34 | CUT | ||
Personal
- Owns a self-taught swing learned from watching youtube.com videos of Tiger Woods' swing and reading Woods' book. Has never used an instructor.
- Earned a medal in the Asian Games to become exempt from mandatory military duty in South Korea.
- Attended Shin Sung High School in An Yang, South Korea.
- Favorite team is the Doosan Bears, a South Korean pro baseball team. Favorite athlete is Ji Sung Park, a pro soccer player who used to compete for Manchester United.
- Dream foursome would include Ironman, James Bond and the Terminator.